CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0384
PEGASUS R/B(2)
PEGASUS R/B(2) (NORAD 25422) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 December 2000, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25422
International designator
1998-046K
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
2 Aug 1998Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Dec 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months866 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
42.6°N to 42.6°SFinal inclination 42.6°
Mass
170 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 42.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 42.6°N and 42.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 4 monthsPEGASUS R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1998-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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